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Sunday, 27 December 2009

A lovely day was had by all and the girls were delighted with all their pressies!! Lucy thought it was a good idea to wake up at 4!!...we sent her back to bed and then she got up again at 5!..she did eventually fall back to sleep then we had to wake her just after 8 when Jude woke up! All those pressies and they took no time at all to rip them all open!

Jude with the Barbie doll that was top of her list!!

Lucy with her Etch a Sketch.....which I never had the patience for when I was a kid!

Tuesday, 22 December 2009

Firstly I apologise for the pics, I have only just finished some of them and had to take the pictures in my cubby cos that was the brightest place!

These are the Christmas Baubles I made for Jude to give her 2 teachers and her 2 classroom assistants.....and my first attempt at a candle which I made for Lucy to give her teacher! It looks better in real life...a bit pale in the pic! I am really pleased with how it came out....and it was so easy! I am entering these in the Passion for PromarkersMega Christmas Challenge which is anything but a card with a Christmas or New Year theme!

My cupboard doors are definately closed now!Thanks for all the lovely comments on my previous post...it is a lovely place to live although pretty cold tonight...the forecast is for -14 tonight!! On the way to school the girls found some strange tracks in the snow which I later found out on my way to work was from a little deer that had wandered down to the crescent and was wandering further along amongst the trees beside the bridge!

Friday, 18 December 2009

These are some of my card orders that I finished at the weekend!(there were more but I didn't get a chance to get pics!) I am not going to waffle too much about them cos there are loads...you do not want to see the state of my cubby now!lol I have shut the door to it and I am not going back in til after Christmas!!

We have had a wee bit of snow here today..so the girls are getting very excited...it has been a few years since we have had a white Christmas here!

Thursday, 10 December 2009

Guys I am so sorry I am such a bad blogger of late...there is just not enough hours in the day just now! I have been making some cards and I will get them posted up soon...I am also going to be having a go at decorating some candles for the girls teacher pressies...if they work out I will post some pics! Must dash now pressies to wrap and cards to write...I have actually relented and bought a box of cards .....WHAT I hear you all cry how could you!!!...I just haven't got enough made and I have decided not to get stressed about trying to get more made in the little time I have left....please forgive me...I promise I will start in March for next years ones!lol!

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Dear me, I have so many orders for special Christmas cards just now I am struggling to find the time(these are just a few)! But I am shutting my cupboard next week and I am not taking any more orders as its gonna get hectic with school concerts and work night outs!! But I am not complaining I love this time of year!!

Monday, 30 November 2009

Phew.....finished this in time for challenge over at PFP...this week was any colour and a theme of vintage...I hope this counts as I haven't really made any vintage style cards!

The paper is DCWV....a Sugar Nellie image which I have attempted to colour vintagey but not really done very well! The music sheet I found somewhere on the internet, sorry can't remember where, and I have stamped and embossed with some of my grunge stamps....ribbon from stash and the noel sentiment I have had kicking about for ages but I am not really very sure it goes that well! The holly I got from ebay.

Monday, 23 November 2009

Gosh it is ages since I have been on!! I don't know where the last week has gone! Just got this finished in time for this weeks challenge over at Passion for Promarkers...which is to use Burnt Umber and Marsh Green. The papers are Junkitz and the image is a freebie from Kerry Steptoe, the buttons I made myself with scraps and I did some doodling to finish off!

Sunday, 15 November 2009

This is a card I was asked to make .......the paper is from the Laura Ashley pad I got at the SECC..the heart stamp is from a freebie set and I have used Tea Dye distress ink.....I have inked all the edges too and added some stickles.......sentiment stamp is from Stampingallday.... ribbon from stash and some pearl drops and a few diamonds to finish off!

Hope you like!

Doctor Who was fab tonight....can't wait for the Christmas episodes trailer looked great!....tho I don't want to see David Tennant go :0(

I have now resigned myself to the fact that Jedward are gonna win......I give up!!!lol

Saturday, 14 November 2009

These are the two cards I was asked to make for a 60th birthday I can't remember the make of the paper I have used on these cards, the roses are from Tabby Crafts and I have added some little punched butterflies

I have used a Mo's Digital image for this one ....I love this fairy! Coloured with PMs and a little bit of stickles....I also added a couple of flowers after I had taken the pic!

Friday, 13 November 2009

I have this unmounted Sugar Nellie stamp that I have hardly used and I would like to swap it for some stamped Tilda images if anyone is interested?? Just thought it was a good way of clearing out some of my stash that I don't use!

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Anyway this is my entry for week 25 at PFP where you can use any colour but must follow a sketch...which I love and have used it for two cards today!

The image is a freebie stamp I have had for a while coloured with sandstone, umber and pastel pink. The papers are all scraps that I have used up and some little hearts made with my punches.

This is the other card I did using the sketch again! This was a card I was asked to make for someone who is off an trip......Paddington is another freebie stamp and the earth I printed from the web and coloured with my PMs.

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Sally has sent me these questions that I have to answer with only one word!......so here goes!

1. Where is your cellphone?.....Pocket2. Your hair?....Red3. Your Mother?....Great4. Your Father?....Heaven5. Favourite Food?....Curry!6. Your dream last night?....Scary7. Favourite drink?....Baileys8. Your Dream/Goal?....Rich lol9. What room you in?....Cubby10.Your hobby?....CARDMAKING!!!!11.Your fear?...Spiders12.Where do you want to be in 6 years?....Happy13.Where were you last night?....Home14.Something that you aren't?....Mean15.Muffins?....YUM!!16.Wish list item....Craftroom17.Where did you grow up?....Fort William18.Last thing you did?....Wee!lol19.What are you wearing?....Clothes!20.Your TV?....Off21.Your pets?....Hamsters22.Friends?....Brilliant23.Your Life?....Content24.Your mood?...Stressed!25.Missing someone?...Dad:(26.Vehicle?....Megane27.Something you are not wearing?....Hat28.Your favourite Store....Simply Create29.Your favourite colour?.... Green30.Last time you laughed?...Today31.Last time you cried?....Dunno32.Best Friend....Gail33.One place you go to over and over again....Cupboard34.Facebook....Interesting35.Favourite place to eat?....Rajah

That was quite hard to answer with just one word! I am stressed tonight cos Jude decided to have another huge tantrum...second night in a row, all because it was bedtime! Anyway she calmed down eventually....so the blood pressure is coming down lol!!

Sunday, 8 November 2009

This is the first time I have entered a card for two challenges.............but it turned out that it worked for both! The image is another one that the lovely Sarah sent me (thanks!) coloured with Canary and Grass the required colours for this weeks challenge over at PFP......and Just Magnolia want to see distressing....every edge has been distressed and had a little bit of stickles added for some sparkle. I didn't have any patterned paper that matched the colours this week so I just drew some stripes with the Canary and Grass onto some paper and used that! I did have a little circle sentiment stamped but just couldn't decide the best place to put it...everywhere I tried just didn't look right.